This section is from the book "American Law Of Real Estate Agency", by William Slee Walker. Also available from Amazon: American law of real estate agency.
A broker procuring a purchaser able to give title to the property agreed on to be conveyed by him as part of the trade, on the day fixed to carry out the trade, is entitled to his commissions, though, at the time the trade was arranged, the purchaser did not have title thereto. Bavenscroft v. Chesmore (Iowa Sup. '06), 108 N. W. 465. See also Secs. 87, 154.
 
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